Yan Cabral vs. David Mitchell

UFC 2-3-0 vs. 1-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-3-0
UFC record
1-4-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
43
AgeΔ 3 yrs
46
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
73"
ReachΔ 2"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
123
Layoff (months)Δ 30.9 mo
153.9
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
David Mitchell is a submission threat — 1.99 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Yan Cabral owns the mat — in control 44% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Yan Cabral is a submission threat — 0.92 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Yan Cabral

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 23
Tier 3 — regional circuit 130

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.19 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

David Mitchell

Full career not yet synced for David Mitchell — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1151.77/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
1181.74/min · norm 3.17
1392.14/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
1402.06/min · norm 3.06
46.7%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
32.5%norm 44.9%
61.2%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
55.8%norm 55.25%
10.23/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Yan Cabral

Distance 67.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 11.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 21.5% (norm 8.0%)

David Mitchell

Distance 77.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 13.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 9.4% (norm 8.1%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Yan Cabral

Head 86.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 7.9%)

David Mitchell

Head 83.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Cabral L/AAccLightweight med Mitchell L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 58 / 166 34.9% 37.9% 69 / 281 24.6% 38.6%
In the clinch 19 / 27 70.4% 67.3% 28 / 48 58.3% 67.8%
On the ground 38 / 53 71.7% 69.1% 21 / 34 61.8% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 88 / 213 41.3% 35.0% 79 / 302 26.2% 37.2%
To the body 14 / 19 too few to rate 69.1% 28 / 39 71.8% 70.7%
To the legs 13 / 14 too few to rate 81.9% 11 / 22 too few to rate 82.9%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Welterweight: 182 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Cabral L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Mitchell L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 84 / 275 30.5% 38.9% 66 / 186 35.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 25 / 36 69.4% 68.6% 22 / 42 52.4% 68.9%
On the ground 30 / 47 63.8% 68.0% 52 / 89 58.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 88 / 283 31.1% 35.1% 109 / 275 39.6% 35.6%
To the body 30 / 44 68.2% 68.1% 14 / 22 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 21 / 31 67.7% 81.5% 17 / 20 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1130.6% acc · 2.54/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
350.0% acc · 0.66/15 · norm 1.27
228.6% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
729.2% def · norm 63.9%
28:5744.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
7:4011.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
14:313:20 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
36:137:59 per 15 · norm 3:15
40.92/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
91.99/15 · norm 0.45

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Cabral has more cage time on record.